OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA

• Angola
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

BIRDING LOCALES

• Batoka Gorge (BG)
• Kafue Flats (KFLT)
• Kafue National Park (KNP)
• Lower Zambesi National Park (LZNP)
• Nchila Wildlife Reserve (NWR)
• North Luangwa National Park (NLNP)

DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	0
LC	Local	2
NE	Near Endemic	3
RR	Restricted Range	58

STATUS CODES

Code	Description	##
NT	Near Threatened	3
V	Vulnerable	1
EN	Endangered	0
CR	Critically Endangered	0

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.

 

List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*

1	White-throated Francolin	Campocolinus albogularis	RR
2	Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix	RR
3	Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon	Columba delegorguei	RR
4	Dusky Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia lugens	RR
5	Burchell's Sandgrouse	Pterocles burchelli	RR
6	Bare-faced Go-away-bird	Crinifer personatus	RR
7	/Lesser Cuckoo/	Cuculus poliocephalus	RR
8	Montane Nightjar	Caprimulgus poliocephalus	RR
9	Scarce Swift	Schoutedenapus myoptilus	RR
10	Chestnut-headed Flufftail	Sarothrura lugens	RR
11	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	RR
12	Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk	Accipiter rufiventris	RR
13	Bar-tailed Trogon	Apaloderma vittatum	RR
14	Silvery-cheeked Hornbill	Bycanistes brevis	RR
15	Shining-blue Kingfisher	Alcedo quadribrachys	LC
16	White-bellied Kingfisher	Corythornis leucogaster	RR
17	Moustached Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus leucomystax	RR
18	Pied Barbet	Tricholaema leucomelas	RR
19	Spot-flanked Barbet	Tricholaema lacrymosa	RR
20	Stierling's Woodpecker	Dendropicos stierlingi		NT
21	Brown-eared Woodpecker	Pardipicus caroli	RR
22	Chestnut Wattle-eye	Dyaphorophyia castanea	RR
23	Boulton's Batis	Batis margaritae	RR
24	Malawi Batis	Batis dimorpha	NE
25	Fuelleborn's Boubou	Laniarius fuelleborni	RR
26	Four-colored Bushshrike	Telophorus viridis	RR
27	Fischer's Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucopareia	RR
28	Angola Lark	Amirafra angolensis	RR
29	Plateau Lark	Corypha nigrescens	NE
30	Singing Cisticola	Cisticola cantans	RR
31	Wailing Cisticola	Cisticola lais	RR
32	Churring Cisticola	Cisticola njombe	RR
33	Papyrus Yellow-Warbler	Calamonastides gracilirostris		V
34	Mountain Yellow-Warbler	Iduna similis	RR
35	Bamboo Warbler	Locustella alfredi	RR
36	Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler	Bradypterus cinnamomeus	RR
37	White-winged Swamp Warbler	Bradypterus carpalis	RR
38	African Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis melanocrissus	RR
39	Brown Parisoma	Curruca lugens	RR
40	Thrush Babbler	Illadopsis turdina	RR
41	Slender-billed Starling	Onychognathus tenuirostris	RR
42	Cassin's Flycatcher	Muscicapa cassini	RR
43	Olive-flanked Robin-Chat	Dessonornis anomala	RR	NT
44	Cape Robin-Chat	Dessonornis caffra	RR
45	White-starred Robin	Pogonocichla stellata	RR
46	White-chested Alethe	Chamaetylas fuelleborni	RR
47	Gray-winged Robin-Chat	Sheppardia polioptera	RR
48	Bannerman's Sunbird	Cyanomitra bannermani	RR
49	Green-throated Sunbird	Chalcomitra rubescens	RR
50	Bronze Sunbird	Nectarinia kilimensis	RR
51	Malachite Sunbird	Nectarinia famosa	RR
52	Red-tufted Sunbird	Nectarinia johnstoni	LC
53	Oustalet's Sunbird	Cinnyris oustaleti	RR
54	Bates's Sunbird	Cinnyris batesi	RR
55	Slender-billed Weaver	Ploceus pelzelni	RR
56	Tanganyika Masked-Weaver	Ploceus reichardi	NE
57	Black-headed Weaver	Ploceus melanocephalus	RR
58	Olive-headed Weaver	Ploceus olivaceiceps	RR	NT
59	Compact Weaver	Pachyphantes superciliosus	RR
60	Buff-shouldered Widowbird	Euplectes psammacromius	RR
61	Red-faced Crimsonwing	Cryptospiza reichenovii	RR
62	Orange-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda melpoda	RR
63	Western Citril	Crithagra frontalis	RR
64	Streaky Seedeater	Crithagra striolatus	RR
65	Cape Bunting	Emberiza capensis	RR

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.